Announcements

At the beginning of November, The Bridge added to its already impressive list of awards by winning the Pacemaker Award -- an honor that is widely regarded as the "Pulitzer Prize" of college publications. Comments about the winners can be read on the Associated College Press blog. About The Bridge, the judges had this to say:

"The top three places were put there in large part by their visual artists and crafts persons. In The Bridge, Despina Cunningham, Derrick J Zellmon, Davide George Jr., Adrienne Berklend and Nicole Fontenaulf brought it home visually, aided by David Bevens Jr.s’ Linda Brewer '20/20' stylized 'Scarred” (nonfiction) and Leah VanVaerenewyck’s imagistic beginning to 'Sense' (nonfiction)."

The journal also placed third for Best-in-Show. Simply being a finalist for the Pacemaker is an enormous honor; of all the journals entered nationwide, there are only 18 finalists. Only two were from Massachusetts: The Bridge, and Harvard's Tuesday Magazine. The awards were presented to Volume V at the 2008 ACP/CMA National College Media Convention in Kansas City, MO.

 

NEW FOR VOLUME SIX: The Bridge welcomes submissions from all BSC students and alumni!

Download Volume VI Submission guidelines in PDF format.

The Bridge invites submissions for Volume 6 in the Literature categories of Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Drama, and the Visual Art categories of Painting, Drawing, Photography, Digital Art, 3-Dimensional, and Mixed Media. Works accepted will be eligible for The Bridge Award, given for most outstanding works in Literature and the Visual Arts. Up to seven $200 awards will be granted. For the first time, submissions to The Bridge are open to all BSC students and alumni.

General Guidelines: Accepting submissions now through December 18, 2008. All work must be accompanied by a cover letter that includes the submitter's name, phone number, email address, year or graduation date, major, and each entry's title or genre. Please also include a 20 to 25 word biography. Submissions will be accepted in more than one genre or as multiple works in the same genre, but no more than ten works per genre will be accepted. The work itself should include only its title, not the submitter's name.

Literature Guidelines: Prose must be double-spaced and be no longer than 2,500 words. Preference will be given to shorter pieces. Retain a copy of your work, as it will not be returned. Email submissions to thebridgejournal@bridgew.edu. Deliver hardcopy manuscripts or send via campus mail to: The Bridge, c/o Mail Room (located in the basement of Tillinghast Hall). If sending from off campus, address to: The Bridge, c/o Mail Room, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA 02325.

Visual Arts Guidelines: We no longer accept electronic art submissions. You may submit work by bringing it to the Art Center, Room 202. Please be sure your artwork is either in high-resolutions digital format or is scanner ready (unframed). No work will be stored, except for in special circumstances. Specific guidelines will be available after October 1 on this website.

Send inquiries to thebridgejournal@bridgew.edu.